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Good deal.

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Fair deal even if he goes back to a setup role. He's earned the salary.

lol

thats close to $9 mill in setup money then. Not even Hendry does that!

It's a fair deal, based on the way he ended the season, I would assume he has a large $$$ bonus for completed games.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Good luck being good enough to see that cash. They might as well have made it ten times those amounts. (Someone feel free to repost this in 2015 to laugh at me.)

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So this deal buys him out of how many years of arbitration?

John Grabow



24 months ago, Santos was a shortstop. He has only begun to get things right as a pitcher.

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Franks new name shall be "The Sex Defender" defending all things White Sox.

The point Frank was that if Sergio goes back being a SETUP man, then it is not a good deal, because last year you paid a guy to be your closer $6M, who could not do the job and became the SETUP man. So if Sergio goes back to the role of SETUP, thats $9 M for 2 Players who are Setup Guys and you need to pay another guy to be your closer.

Additionally, he said in an interview he started working with pitching coaches in 2008 while in Minnesota, then pitched for a year in the minors with the Sox. He will be 29 next year, so please spare me the "When this KID" figures it out line.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Um, ok.

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Like it?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I'm not sure how you'd classify the Samardzija money then. He's due 6.5M this year.
Grabow stole almost 5M

All I'm saying is at 3M it's cheaper than what Kenny has been paying for setup men (Linebrink, Thornton)

With what Frank said, converting from a shortstop only a couple of years ago has taken SIGNIFICANT wear off his arm I imagine.
He has not once had to throw a breaking pitch in his MLB career until the past two years(?), probably only little league where everyone is a pitcher.

Paying slightly under 3mil a season for a reliever who most likely won't fail due to injury is a risk I'd be willing to take.
Also, he's the easiest pitcher to tell when they have their "stuff" or not.

his is now in Terry Adams, Slocumb, and Farnsworth territory

guys who at 29 had a few years in the big leagues and were still average inconsistent relievers despite having good arms

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